Has anyone else got a child with a club foot?

[flowertops]

My 9yr old DD was born with a severe clubfoot. After operations/casts etc. she is doing really well-although further ops loom in the future. Her main problem at the moment is a leg length discrepency which means she has to have a raise on her one shoe. Not too bad although because we find it very difficult to buy identical shoes in her 2 sizes,(she has a 3 size difference), she has to have surgical boots, which as she is becoming more self conscious is hard!
Does any one know of any good children shoe shops besides Clarks and Startrite. We live in S Wales. Or does anyone else have this problem?

[Graciefer]

Hi Flowertops, welcome to mumsnet.

I think you would get a better response on the 'special needs' board rather than the 'special educational needs' board.

My DS2 (who is 7 months old now) was born with bi-lateral talipes.

We were lucky in that it has been treated with the Ponseti method, which I understand wasn't really used in this country when your DD was a baby. DS2 feet are great now and all the casts are but a distance memory.

He is in his boots and bars whilst sleeping only now and will continue like this until he is four and that should be it (fingers crossed).

I understand how lucky we are as my niece is 8 and she is still having operations as we speak to try to correct her talipes related problems, she has bad issues with all the scar tissue after the numerous operations and her ankle is now seized, they say if she has this final operation her foot will no longer grow.

They also want to start on the other foot as they say it is out of alignment, but her mum doesn't want them starting on that foot until they fix the first.

Please come over to the special needs board, as I know there are several posters on there who have knowledge on talipes and probably more revelant experience to you than I have.

Hope you enjoy your time on mumsnet

[flowertops]

Thank you so much Graciefer. I will have a look on the 'special needs' board